Davido discography
The discography of Davido, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer, consists of four studio albums, one EP, and thirty singles. Davido released his first album titled Omo Baba Olowo In 2011 at the age of 19,[1] which contains 5 singles and hit song Dami Duro.[2] The album won Album of the Year at The Headies 2013,[3] he released the five-track EP Son of Mercy, his first and only EP till date which was supported by the singles "Gbagbe Oshi", "How Long", "Coolest Kid in Africa";[4] and includes guest appearances by Simi, Tinashe and Nasty C.[5] His second studio album A Good Time was released in 2019;[6] supported by hit singles "If", "Fall", "Assurance", "Blow My Mind" and "Risky".[6] "Fall" was a viral hit, becoming one of the top-100-most-Shazam-searched singles in America in January 2019, and was a top-10 record on Shazam in New York.[7] It also became the longest charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history as of that time, and garnered 200 million views on YouTube.[8][9] The album was a success, it surpassed 1 billion streams across various digital platforms in july 2020.[10] He then followed it up with the release of his third studio album A Better Time, which was released in November 2020.[11] It includes guest appearances from Lil Baby, Nicki Minaj, Nas, Chris Brown, and Young Thug, among others.[12] Timeless was then released as his fourth studio album, the 17-track album includes collaborations with Skepta, Angelique Kidjo, Asake, Focalistic, The Cavemen and others.[13] The album explores musical styles such as dancehall, ragga, konto, highlife and Afropop,[14] it was critically acclaimed by critics both domestically and internationally.[15][14] The album was nominated for Best Global Music Album at the Grammy Awards.[16]
| Davido discography | |
|---|---|
Davido in 2020 | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 30 |
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGR [17] |
CAN [18] |
IRE [19] |
NLD [20] |
UK [21] |
US [22] | ||
| Omo Baba Olowo |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| A Good Time |
|
— | — | — | — | 100 | — |
| A Better Time |
|
— | — | — | — | 88 | 170 |
| Timeless |
|
1 | 32 | 40 | 88 | 10 | 37 |
EP
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Son of Mercy |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [23] |
NLD [24] |
NZ Hot [25] |
SUR [26] |
SWI [27] |
UK [28] |
US World [29] | ||||
| "Back When" (featuring Naeto C) |
2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Omo Baba Olowo | |
| "Dami Duro" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ekuro" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Gobe" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Skelewu" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Aye" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tchelete (Good life)" (featuring Mafikizolo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fans Mi" (featuring Meek Mill)[30] |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Sound" (featuring Uhuru and DJ Buckz) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Money" (featuring Olamide) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "How Long" (featuring Tinashe) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Son of Mercy | |
| "Coolest Kid in Africa" (featuring Nasty C) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "If" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Good Time | |
| "Fall" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| "Fia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Like Dat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Flora My Flawa" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Assurance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
A Good Time | |
| "Nwa Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Wonder Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Blow My Mind" (with Chris Brown) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Good Time | |
| "Risky" (featuring Popcaan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "D&G" (featuring Summer Walker) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "FEM" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Better Time | |
| "Jowo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "So Crazy" (featuring Lil Baby) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Best" (featuring Mayorkun) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Champion Sound" (featuring Focalistic) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Timeless | |
| "Stand Strong" (featuring Sunday Service Choir) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Unavailable" (featuring Musa Keys) |
2023 | 134 | 57 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 52 | 3 | Timeless | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
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